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Thanks. I am not looking for the exact p-bass sound. When I move it to the neck pup, dial back the treble, play up closer to the neck, etc., I can never get a soft mellow sound. There seems to always be a bright edge to it. Any suggestions on strings that might be better? I want to not give up the ability to go bright.
My thoughts exactly. I can use my 44-94 style Carlo for nearly everything, but when I want a passive P-bass sound I pick up my much-modded MIM P-bass. It nails the sound the Carlocan't and has a great shallow neck.
The good news is that the P-bass formula is dead simple so it doesn't take much to get a great P-bass tone. I'd love to have a Lakie and I think all of us here will point you in that direction, but the truth is that a MIM P-bass and a good pickup will get you 99.9.% of the dream P-bass tone. Heck, a Squire and a good pickup will get you 95% of the way there.
Are you currently playing with a backup? A passive P-bass is great to have around on a gig for those times when the tone is required. Further, as a backup instrument, it might not be perfect for every song but there's almost nothing to go wrong with it and you'll never sound terrible on a P-bass.
I have to disagree.
I talked with Steve Pirruccello recently about making the dual P a Lakland production model. In short, he said they already will make any bass that a customer wants. And lately, after seeing Laklands with birdseye (not quartersawn) necks, roasted maple necks, 34” 5ers, 35” 4 strings, non-standard pickup layouts, custom fancy tops, and even relic jobs... I believe him!
Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear this. I gather this is a fairly recent development.
The brothers seem to be going from strength to strength.
I’m not sure how recent. But, they’re smart men! They just posted a roasted swamp ash bodied 55-94 on Facebook with rosewood and roasted maple blocked fretboard. It’s amazingly beautiful!!
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Probably fairly recent. I recall a conversation not long ago about how Lakland wouldn't do a 35" 4 stringer and will they do Multi-Lam Necks? When I got my Carlo (used) a couple years ago both were noted as things that Lakland doesn't do but Carl would.
Have you heard if Lakland is making their own body blanks yet? Bo gave me a tour a few years back and said that they were buying their blanks but the goal was at some point to be making their own from lumber. I'm not sure most folks appreciate that even with bought blanks today's Laklands would still be the most "Made-in-Chicago" that they've ever been.
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It would take some square footage to store woods, and I’m not sure how big the place is. Do they have a kiln?
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Yeah, it seriously doesn’t require much effort at all to make a 35” 4-94, considering how much of the build is computer controlled.
Multilam necks might require more begging though.
" I sold a gun".... Hopefully not your only one!
Nope...and the three remaining are legal to carry whenever I care to!
On second thought he probably said rough lumber or some such rather than "raw'. I certainly don't recall any mention of a kiln but this was at least 3 years ago so who knows what they've been cooking up.
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Lakland posted this on the Book of Face
